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A huge 'thank you' to all of you who've helped us out with donations over the past week. We've made it thru the keyhole, I guess. Now to make it all the way thru the looking glass. (Translation: we're okay for now, but still need money!)

Teddy, a 19 y/o T-bred, arrived from Tucson last night. According to his human (a very nice woman, btw, who's pregnant & doesn't feel she can keep a horse & a child - at least for now), Teddy has some behavioral problems. He's supposed to get downright rank & crazy-acting on a lead sometimes. Can't be ridden anymore - bad ankles from being a jumpin' horse (why didn't that surprise me?!?)

Anyway, the truck bringing Teddy here broke down outside of Gilbert, AZ & a 3-hour ride turned into a 7-hour ride. But Teddy came off the truck & walked into his new home just as nice as can be.

I see by looking at him that the muscles in his withers & hindquarters are pretty atrophied. His problem is clear....he has a real bad back.

I'll get Dr. Wood (one of the very best vet/equine chiropractors anywhere)to come fix him. We've had at least a dozen horses undergo his treatment & they all bounced right back. It isn't free, of course, but what matters is that Teddy be given the luxury of spending the next decade or so pain-free.

Here's my two cents: If you love your horse & want him/her to be healthy & not half-crippled for most of his/her life, DO NOT let him/her become a jumper or a barrel-racer or one of those horses that have to come to a sliding stop (isn't that called Western Pleasure? Whose pleasure, anyway?)

Please don't get all mad at me for saying that, but I have too many equine friends right here at my place that are walking/hobbling testaments to my opinion.

We'll get ol' Teddy fixed up just as soon as we can. He'll be just fine & will be one happy guy for the rest of his sweet, sweet life here at Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary.

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3/22/08

Jim, I too have so many old and banged up cutters, reiners, and a TB with a plate in his leg, oh the list is endless. It breaks my heart. All for competition and glory? Ah, the human ego and its long list of casualties....